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Exposure to Sublethal Concentrations of Copper Pyrithione Reduces Cholinergic Activity and Induces Oxidative Stress in a Marine Polychaete

  • Md. Niamul, Haque (Department of Marine Science, College of Natural Sciences, Incheon National University) ;
  • Jae-Sung, Rhee (Department of Marine Science, College of Natural Sciences, Incheon National University)
  • Received : 2022.09.06
  • Accepted : 2022.10.12
  • Published : 2022.12.15
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Abstract

Despite concerns about the significant toxicity of copper pyrithione (CuPT) at environmental concentrations, effects of CuPT on benthic organisms have received little attention. Here, we analyzed the detrimental effects of CuPT at sublethal concentrations (1/50, 1/20, and 1/10 of the 96 h-LC50 value) for 14 days in the marine polychaete Perinereis aibuhitensis. Reduced burrowing activity and significantly decreased the acetylcholinesterase activity in response to relatively high concentrations of CuPT were identified as CuPT-triggered cholinergic inhibition. The lipid peroxidation marker, malondialdehyde levels were dose-dependently increased, whereas intracellular glutathione was depleted by relatively high concentrations. In the CuPT-treated polychaete, significant fluctuations in the enzymatic activities of the antioxidant defense system (catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione reductase, and glutathione peroxidase) were observed with significantly modulated glutathione 𝘚-transferase activity. These results indicate that even sublethal levels of CuPT would have detrimental effects on the health status of the marine polychaete.

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Introduction

Copper pyrithione (CuPT) has been efficiently used as a substitute of the biofoulant tributyltin in antifouling paints (Yebra et al., 2004). Antifoulants containing CuPT are an important source of elevated levels of Cu in marine environments, including in coastal sediments (Schiff et al., 2007). In addition, pyrithions (PTs) are widely used as fungicides, bactericides, or algicides in various commercial products such as agricultural insecticides, cosmetics, industrial fluids, coatings, and aquaculture tanks (Doose et al., 2004; Guthery et al., 2005). PTs affect the homeostasis of different metal cations as ionophores and they have induced teratogenic impacts on aquatic organisms such as sea urchins and fish at relatively low concentrations (< 20 ng l-1) (Goka, 1999; Thomas, 1999; Kobayashi and Okamura, 2002). Consequently, the incorporation of CuPT in antifoulants and its extensive use is expected to increase its concentration in the aquatic environment. In laboratory and natural conditions, ZnPT can easily be transformed into CuPT by transchelation with Cu (Thomas, 1999; Grunnet and Dahllof, 2005). Despite its enormous application, there is still limited research on the toxicity of CuPT in marine invertebrates. Thus, it is essential to understand the harmful impacts of CuPT on non-target aquatic organisms.

It was reported that CuPT causes skeletal deformity via acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition in Fundulus heteroclitus (Mochida et al., 2008). In the toxicological study, changes in AChE activity have been widely used as a promising indicator of neural toxicity (Nunes, 2011). Lipid peroxidation, damage of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the cell membrane by reactive oxygen species (ROS), is a chain reaction that produces malondialdehyde (MDA) (Lushchak, 2011). MDA is a toxic end-product of lipid peroxidation, which has been extensively used as an indicator of oxidative stress induction (Lushchak, 2011). The protective machinery in aquatic organisms comprises different antioxidant components, which include glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and glutathione S-transferase (GST) (Lushchak, 2011). These antioxidant enzymes are involved in the biotransformation and detoxification of intracellular ROS and free radicals, which are generally increased during the oxidative stress conditions (Livingstone, 2001). Therefore, in this study, alterations in the neurotoxicity indicator AChE, GSH level, and antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT, GR, GPx, and GST) were employed to estimate the impacts of CuPT using the marine polychaete.

Due to small size, deposit feeders, ease of maintenance in laboratory, endurance in adverse environmental circumstances, sensitivity to various contaminants, and worldwide distribution, several polychaetes (e.g., Hediste species, Perinereis species) have been widely used in toxicological studies of benthic environment (Reish and Gerlinger, 1997; Dean, 2008; Rhee et al., 2012). The present study evaluated the detrimental effects of CuPT at sublethal concentrations through measurements of burrowing ability and AChE activity, following assessments of biochemical modulation of MDA, GSH, and antioxidant defense enzymes (i.e., SOD, CAT, GR, GPx, and GST) in the marine polychaete Perinereis aibuhitensis for 14 days. These results will help to determine whether CuPT can be employed as a permanent sustainable alternative of TBT and other toxic antifoulants.

Materials and Methods

1. Marine polychaete

The marine polychaete P. aibuhitensis was obtained from the polychaete aquaculture company in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do, South Korea. Approximately 5,000 polychaetes (≈ 1.62 ± 0.35 g; 3 months after fertilization; female:male ratio 6:4) were transferred and cultured under conditions of constant photoperiod (16 h:8 h L:D), 16 ± 0.8℃, 32 practical salinity unit, 7.5 ± 0.4 mg l-l DO, and pH 8.0 in opaque round polyethylene tanks with filtered seawater and sieved sediment (mixture of sand and mud as 8:2 ratio provided from the polychaetes aquaculture company) at Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea. Fifty percent of the overlying filtered seawater was replaced every 2 days. The marine polychaetes were fed on ground TetraMarin® (Tetra, Blacksburg, VA, USA; 0.1 g per polychaete) with a mixture of microalgae (1 × 106 cells ml-1 containing Dunaliella sp., Isochrysis sp., and Tetraselmis sp.) in a ratio of cell number, 1:1:1) three times in a week. Salinity, temperature, DO, and pH were monitored twice daily using a portable Orion Star meter (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Tewksbury, MA, USA).

2. Exposure

CuPT [C10H10CuN2O2S2, 1-hydroxy-2(1h)-pyridinethione, copper] was purchased from ACROS OrganicsTM (CA, USA) and stock solution was prepared by dissolving in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO; Sigma-Aldrich Co, St. Louis, MO, USA). Designated nominal concentrations of CuPT were prepared by serial dilution of the stock solution in filtered seawater. The final DMSO concentrations ranged from 0.01~0.1% in exposure volumes. The 0.1% DMSO showed no significant change in our previous study (Eom et al., 2019).

To measure the LC50 value, thirty polychaetes (n=10 per each concentration as triplicate) were treated with different concentrations of CuPT in 55 × 45 × 36 cm opaque glass fiber tank (21st-century HighTech®, Busan, South Korea) in the absence of sediment. Exposure was kept under the same conditions as that of polychaete culture with trickle flow aeration. Half of the test solution was renewed daily with the addition of an equivalent concentration of CuPT. In the case of the control group, half of the filtered seawater was renewed daily. Determination of acute toxicity value (e.g., LC50) was conducted by Probit-analysis using ToxRat® Professional 2.10.3.1 (ToxRat Solutions GmbH, Alsdorf, Germany) at 96 h after exposure to waterborne CuPT. No food was supplied during the toxicity experiment. Dead polychaetes were immediately discarded from the test chamber. A preliminary range-finding experiment was conducted with different concentrations of CuPT (i.e., 1, 10, 100, 500, 1,000, 1,500, and 2,000 μg l-1). In the definitive test, the following concentrations of CuPT were used: 0.1, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 200, 400, 600, 800, and 1,000 μg l-1.

To evaluate the molecular and biochemical responses of the marine polychaete upon sublethal concentrations, approximately 300 polychaetes were collected and 20 polychaetes were exposed to each concentration of CuPT (i.e., control, DMSO, 1/50, 1/20, and 1/10 of 96 h-LC50 value) in an opaque glass fiber tank (21stcentury HighTech®) with 9~10 cm of sediment. The polychaetes were sampled at 0 h, 24 h, 96 h, day 7, and day 14 days. Cultures were kept under the same conditions of acclimation. Of 20 polychaetes, 15 polychaetes from each concentration were collected and divided into three sets as triplicates, and the three sets of pooled samples were used for the analysis of biochemical responses. Half of the exposed solution was refreshed every 24 h with the addition of an equivalent concentration of CuPT.

3. Burrowing and AChE activity

Survived polychaetes were collected from day 14 on each concentration of CuPT and were tested for their burrowing ability. Overall methods were followed by previous methodology on polychaete burrowing assays (Bonnard et al., 2009; Fonseca et al., 2018). Twenty survived polychaetes from each treatment were moved into clean filtered seawater for burrowing assay in 200 ml glass fiber container filled with sieved sediment (depth 5 cm). The number of fully burrowed polychaetes was counted every two minutes for 30 min.

AChE activity was determined in the CuPT-exposed polychaete by the Ellman method (Ellman et al., 1961). The pooled polychaete sample was homogenized with a Teflon homogenizer in 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 8.0) and centrifuged at 3,000 g for 30 min at 4℃. The separated supernatant was mixed with 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 8.0) containing 5,5'-dithiobis (2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB, 0.01 M; Sigma-Aldrich, Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA) and acetylthiocholine iodide (ATCh, 0.075 M; Sigma-Aldrich, Inc.) in a 3 ml cuvette. A blank without ATCh and a blank without sample were prepared and tested at 25℃ for 5 min to measure total AChE. The measurements were performed using a ThermoTM Varioskan Flash spectrophotometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Tewksbury, MA, USA) at an absorbance of 412 nm. The activity of AChE was normalized to total protein in the supernatant. Protein levels were determined following the method described by Bradford (1976).

4. Measurement of antioxidant parameters

Detailed descriptions for the measurement of MDA and antioxidant parameters are omitted as described in our previous study conducted with P. aibuhitensis (Rhee et al., 2012; Eom et al., 2019; Haque et al., 2020). GSH concentration was measured in the pooled polychaete sample after washing in 0.9% NaCl using GSH Assay Kit (Catalog No. CS0260; Sigma-Aldrich, Inc.). Enzymatic activities of CAT and SOD were analyzed by CAT Assay Kits (Catalog No. CAT100; Sigma-Aldrich, Inc.) and SOD Assay Kits (Catalog No. 19160; Sigma-Aldrich Chemie, Switzerland), respectively, following the manufacturer's instructions. Enzymatic activities of GR and GPx were analyzed by GR Assay Kit (Catalog No. GRSA; Sigma-Aldrich, Inc.) and GPx Assay Kit (Catalog No. CGP1; Sigma-Aldrich, Inc.), respectively, following the manufacturer's instructions. The GST activity was evaluated according to our previous studies on marine polychaete (Rhee et al., 2007).

5. Statistic analysis

Statistical data analysis was conducted with the statistical software package SPSS, Version 17 (SPSS Inc., Chicago IL, USA). A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by a Duncan's multiple range test was used to evaluate significant differences between the control and treated groups. The data are expressed as means ± S.D. (standard deviation) and p value less than 0.05 was considered significant difference.

Results

1. Effects on the burrowing ability and AChE activity

The 96 h-LC50 value upon CuPT treatment was 4.2 μg l-1. The number of unburrowed polychaetes was dose-dependently increased for 30 min (Fig. 1A). The burrowing activity of polychaetes was substantially delayed at the highest concentration of CuPT (1/10 LC50). A significant inhibition in AChE activity was observed after exposure to CuPT at 1/20 and 1/10 LC50 values on day 7 and 1/50, 1/20, and 1/10 LC50 values on day 14 compared to the control (p < 0.05) (Fig. 1B).

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Fig. 1. Changes in the (A) number of unburrowed polychaete and (B) acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in marine polychaete P. aibuhitensis exposed to control, DMSO, and CuPT (1/50, 1/20, and 1/10 of the LC50 values) for 30 min and 14 days, respectively. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (S.D.) of three replicates. Asterisk (*) on the data bar is indicating a significant difference (p < 0.05) compared to the control.

2. Effects on the MDA and GSH contents

In marine polychaetes exposed to CuPT, significant increases in MDA content were observed in response to 1/10 LC50 value at 96 h, 1/50, 1/20, and 1/10 LC50 values at day 7, and 1/20 and 1/10 LC50 values at days 14, compared with the control (p < 0.05) (Fig. 2A).

Significantly elevated GSH contents were detected in response to 1/50 LC50 value on day 7 and 14, whereas significantly decreased GSH contents were observed after exposure to 1/10 LC50 value on day 7 and 1/20 and 1/10 LC50 values on day 14 (p < 0.05) (Fig. 2B).

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Fig. 2. Changes in the contents of (A) malondialdehyde (MDA) and (B) glutathione (GSH) in marine polychaete P. aibuhitensis exposed to control, DMSO, and CuPT (1/50, 1/20, and 1/10 of the LC50 values) at 24 h, 96 h, 7 days, and 14 days. Data are presented as mean ± S.D., and an asterisk (*) on the data bar is indicating a significant difference (p < 0.05) compared to the control.

3. Effects on the antioxidant defense system

CAT activity was significantly increased in the 1/50 LC50 CuPT-exposed polychaetes at 96 h and day 14, whereas significantly decreased activities were observed in response to 1/10 LC50 value on days 7 and 14 (p < 0.05) (Fig. 3A). SOD activity was significantly increased in response to 1/50 LC50 value at 24 h, 96 h, and day 14 and 1/20 LC50 value at 96 h, while significantly decreased activities were measured after exposure to 1/10 LC50 value at day 7 and 1/20 and 1/10 LC50 values at day 14 (p < 0.05) (Fig. 3B). GR activity was significantly increased by 1/50 and 1/10 LC50 values at 24 h and 1/50 and 1/20 LC50 values at 96 h, respectively, whereas its activities were significantly decreased by 1/20 and 1/10 LC50 values at day 7 and 1/50, 1/20, and 1/10 LC50 at day 14, respectively (p < 0.05) (Fig. 3C). The enzymatic activity of GPx was significantly increased by 1/20 LC50 value at 96 h, whereas significantly decreased activity was observed in response to 1/10 LC50 value on day 7 and 14 (p < 0.05) (Fig. 3D).

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Fig. 3. Changes in the enzymatic activity of (A) catalase (CAT), (B) superoxide dismutase (SOD), (C) glutathione reductase (GR), and (D) glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in marine polychaete P. aibuhitensis exposed to control, DMSO, and CuPT (1/50, 1/20, and 1/10 of the LC50 values) at 24 h, 96 h, 7 days, and 14 days. Data are presented as mean ± S.D., and an asterisk (*) on the data bar is indicating a significant difference (p < 0.05) compared to the control.

4. Effects on the GST activity

The enzymatic activities of GST were significantly elevated by 1/50 and 1/20 LC50 values at 24 h and 1/50 LC50 value at 96 h, whereas significantly decreased GST activities were observed in response to 1/10 LC50 value at day 7 and 1/20 and 1/10 LC50 values at day 14 (p < 0.05) (Fig. 4).

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Fig. 4. Changes in glutathione S-transferase (GST) enzyme activity in marine polychaete P. aibuhitensis exposed to control, DMSO, and CuPT (1/50, 1/20, and 1/10 of the LC50 values) at 24 h, 96 h, 7 days, and 14 days. Data are presented as mean ± S.D., and an asterisk (*) on the data bar is indicating a significant difference (p < 0.05) compared to the control.

Discussion

Polychaetes are crucial ecosystem engineers because of their bioturbation activities, such as burrowing, ingestion, and defecation of sediment (Dean, 2008). In this study, the delay in the burrowing activity of P. aibuhitensis exposed to CuPT indicates a potential toxic effect of CuPT on basic physiology. Damage on muscle morphology, excessive oxidative stress, and fluctuations in neural activity, metabolism, and energy production upon CuPT would be the source of the negative effect on the burrowing behavior of polychaetes (Dorgan et al., 2007, 2008). Previously, similar dose-dependent delay in burrowing activity was observed in response to antifoulant ZnPT in P. aibuhitensis (Haque et al., 2020). A significant retardation in burrowing time was observed in the polychaete Hediste diversicolor exposed to 1,000 ng l-1 of diazepam for 28 days (Nogueira and Nunes, 2021).

The inhibition of AChE can decrease the hydrolysis of acetylcholine (ACh) into choline and subsequently induces ACh accumulation at synapses (Nunes, 2011). In polychaetes, GABAergic neurotransmission plays a crucial role in behavior and locomotion (Biscocho et al., 2018). Thus, the AChE inhibition observed in this study demonstrates the interference of regular nerve communication and induction of neurotoxicity by CuPT, as reflected by the delayed burrowing activity. In the mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus, exposure to 2 and 4 μg l-1 of CuPT significantly inhibited AChE activity for 96 h (Mochida et al., 2008). Pyrithione-based antifoluant, ZnPT also inhibited AChE activity in the polychaete H. diversicolor exposed to 40 μg l-1 for 96 h (Nunes and Costa, 2019). To understand whether fluctuations in oxidative status and antioxidant defense system can be additional modulators on cholinergic damage, measurements were expanded to the responses of key regulators during oxidative stress in P. aibuhitensis.

The significant increase in intracellular MDA indicates CuPT-triggered severe lipid peroxidation in P. aibuhitensis. Lipid peroxidation is a well-known consequence of oxidative stress. In detail, lipid peroxidation can be induced by reactive oxidants (e.g., hydroxyl radical, peroxides, superoxide, and singlet oxygen) through damage to the carbon-carbon double bonded polyunsaturated fatty acids of membrane lipids (Livingstone, 2001; Lesser, 2006). Previously, significant increase in intracellular MDA level was observed in zebrafish Danio rerio exposed to 32 and 64 μg l-1 of CuPT for 24 h (Almond and Trombetta, 2016). Similar increases in MDA content have been observed in aquatic animals exposed to other biofoulants. For example, exposure to 10 and 50 μg l-1 of ZnPT for 30 days significantly elevated intracellular MDA level in the olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus (Min et al., 2019). A significant increase in MDA content in response to Sea-Nine was reported in this species (Eom et al., 2019).

Elevated GSH content is typically associated with increased defense against oxidative stress and its depletion is attributed to GSH consumption or direct GSH oxidation fostered by reactive oxidants (Winston and Di Giulio, 1991; Lushchak, 2011). Increased GSH level observed in the CuPT-exposed P. aibuhitensis would be explained as an adaptive response (neutralizing or detoxifying the reactive oxidants and peroxides) against oxidative stress. However, decreased GSH content can be suggested as drastic GSH consumption or inhibition of intracellular GSH synthesis through enhanced production of reactive oxidants by CuPT. This result suggests a mutual correlation between significantly increased lipid peroxidation and GSH synthesis or its depletion as a response against CuPT-triggered oxidative stress.

One of the main reactive oxidants, produced in cells in response to xenobiotics, is superoxide ion (O2•-), which can be catalyzed by the SOD enzyme into O2 and H2O2 (Lesser, 2006). To reduce the toxic H2O2, CAT enzyme prevents its accumulation by converting the H2O2 into H2O and O2 (Lushchak, 2011). Thus, both SOD and CAT enzymes play a robust antioxidant role by eliminating toxic oxidative elements from cells (Winston and Di Giulio, 1991; Lushchak, 2011). In this study, the significant increase in SOD and CAT activities in response to relatively low concentrations of CuPT suggests an activity for the rapid elimination of the reactive oxidants, whereas the significantly decreased activities of SOD and CAT enzymes by relatively high concentrations of CuPT indicates the accumulation of reactive oxidants, failure of reactive oxidants removal, and induction of severe oxidative stress (Lesser, 2006; Lushchak, 2011).

The antioxidant components, GR and GPx enzymes play a crucial role in reducing reactive oxidants, maintaining GSH levels, and minimizing oxidative stress in cells (Winston and Di Giulio, 1991; Lesser, 2006). GR enzyme is responsible for the reduction of glutathione disulfide (GSSG) to GSH, and GPx enzyme utilizes the GSH to degrade H2O2 into H2O (Lesser, 2006). GPx enzyme requires GSH as a co-factor to produce GSSG as a product (Livingstone, 2001). Significantly increased enzymatic activities of GR and GPx observed in relatively low concentrations of CuPT-exposed P. aibuhitensis indicate that both enzymes are strongly involved in the removal of reactive oxidants by the conjugation with GSH for elimination of oxidative toxicity. However, the significant decreases in the enzymatic activities of GPx and GR in response to relatively high concentrations of CuPT would be attributed to the accumulation of oxyradicals or H2O2 and failure of their removal as well as decreased efficacy of their conjugation process with GSH.

Phase II detoxification process is managed by several superfamilies of conjugation enzymes, which increase the solubility and reduce the toxicity of xenobiotics products transformed by phase I detoxification process. The phase II detoxification enzyme, GST uses GSH to detoxify xenobiotics to less toxic compounds (Sies, 1997). In P. aibuhitensis, the significant increase in GST activity would be regarded as an induction of cellular detoxification metabolism to eliminate reactive oxidants through conjugation with GSH. In the case of decreased GST activity in response to relatively high concentrations of CuPT can be attributed to the substantial depletion of the substrate GSH and potential effects of CuPT on the cellular detoxification mechanism by overproduction of reactive oxidants (Sheehan et al., 2001; Lesser, 2006).

Conclusions

This is the first report exposing a marine polychaete to sublethal concentrations of the antifoulant CuPT. The overall results analyzed in this study show that CuPT could exert harmful effects on the cholinergic system, antioxidant defense system, and detoxification metabolism in marine polychaetes. The severity of the impairment of cholinergic parameters and antioxidant response was clearly associated with the concentration of CuPT. Although alternatives to TBT including CuPT has been introduced in antifouling paints due to the harmful effects of TBT on non-target marine species, results from this study suggest potential toxicity to the non-target animals close to that of the TBT-based antifoulants. In addition, the biomarker parameters employed in this study can be widely used as promising indicator of CuPT contamination in marine environments. However, more studies are needed to understand the mode of toxicity of CuPT in the other benthic communities at the ecological level.

Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the project titled "Techniques development for management and evaluation of biofouling on ship hulls - Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology Promotion (KIMST-20210651)" funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, South Korea.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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